Matrix liquid-crystal display

An active liquid-crystal display based on the principle of electrically controlled birefringence, having

• two plane-parallel outer plates, which, together with a frame, form a cell,
• integrated nonlinear elements for switching individual pixels on the outer plates,
• a nematic liquid-crystal mixture of negative dielectric anisotropy and high specific resistance which is located in the cell,
• electrode layers covered by alignment layers on the insides of the outer plates, and
• a tilt angle between the longitudinal axis of the molecules at the surface of the outer plates and the outer plates of from about 85.degree. to 95 .degree., wherein the nematic liquid-crystal mixture has a birefringence (.DELTA.n) between 0.04 and 0. 10 and a dielectric anisotropy of -0.5 to -5.0 and contains at least one compound of formula I ##STR22## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently of one another, an alkyl or alkenyl radical having up to 16 carbon atoms, it being possible for one or two CH.sub.2 groups in these radicals to be replaced by --O-- or --S--,
• Q is 0 or CH.sub.2,
• m is 1 or 2 and
• n is 0 or 1.